Oedipus King of ThebesTranslated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
Or deed or lightest thought of injury, ...

'Fore God, I have no care to see the sun

Longer with such a groaning name. Not one

Wound is it, but a multitude, if now

All Thebes must hold me guilty—aye, and thou

And all who loved me—of a deed so foul.

Leader.

Leader.

If words were spoken, it was scarce the soul

That spoke them: 'twas some sudden burst of wrath.

Creon.

Creon.

The charge was made, then, that Tiresias hath

Made answer false, and that I bribed him, I?

Leader.

Leader.

It was—perchance for jest. I know not why.

Creon.

Creon.

His heart beat true, his eyes looked steadily


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